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Barrymore to star in color Hamlet and more Hollywood notes
John Barrymore plans a color Hamlet screening with family watching his crowning screen role while Robert Edmond Jones advises on the film. The piece also covers Gossip on Hoopla, Gary Grant, Lombard and Bickford, Sol Lesser’s radio parade project, a Disney tribute, Marion Davies tennis clash, Liyan Tashman’s star ambitions, and studio moves including George Thomas to MGM.
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